Ripping bar and method of making same



sept. )16 .1924.

1-1. VLCHEK RIPPING B'AR AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Filed July 8, 1922 gm'ntoz 4cm; 55mm;

atom Set. 16,1924.

FRANK J. mam, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR '.i.0 THE 3:; A COORATION OF OHIO.

ING SAME.

RHPING BAR AND METHOD OF A Application flled July 8, 1922. Serial No. 573,5M. v

To all whom it may concern. surfaces respectively of the hook. When the Be it known that I, FRANK J. VLCHEK, a comparatively narrow outer side 5 of the citizen of the United States, residing at hook rests against a support as in practice, Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and it is diflicult for the operator and requires 5 State of Ohio, have invented certain new cons derable exertion on his part to hold th'e and useful Improvements in Rippin Bars ripping-bar againstrollmg or tlppmg saleand Methods of Making Same, of which the W1se on account of said narrow outer side following is a specification. not giving an adequate:.supporting surface This invention relates to ripping-bars and for he hooked end of the bar. 19 method of manufacturing the same. This invention consists 1n providing the The main object of the invention is to proouter side of the hook Jof the ripping-bar vide a ripping-bar which may be manufacwith a wide surface for 1V1I1g adequate suptured from stock bar material of octagonal port to prevent said rol mg or tipping sidecross-section, and provide the hook thereof wise of the ripping-bar when being used.

15 with a wide surface at its rear side to pre- This is accompllshed by compressing the t5 vent sidewise tipping of ripping-bar when .sldesof the stock octagonal bar from which being used. the ripping-bar is made to form a central Another object of the invention is to prorib 6 and oppositely extending lateral flanges vide at a low cost of manufacture a rippm 7 and 8, the rear sides of which provide a 2 bar from octagonal stock and having said W1de sup orting surface as at 9. l For obwide surface at the rear side of the hook. taining t e widest flanges 7 and 8 possible With the above and other objects in view, from the stock of the octagonal bar, a centhe invention will be hereinafter fully detral groove 10 is pressed out of the rearside scribed as illustrated in the accompanying of said flanges and the metal saved thereby 26 drawing, and the novel features thereof will increases the width of said flanges and gives be distinctly pointed out in the appended a wider supporting surface for the hooked claims. end of the ripping-bar. It will be noted In the drawings similar characters of refthat although material is taken from the erence are used to indicate corresponding sides of the central rib 6 for forming the 30 parts. lateral flanges to give a wider supporting Figure 1 is a side elevation of a rippingsurface for the hook, this hook has great bar made in accordance with this invention, strength due to said rib.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on The hooked end 'of the ripping-bar terline 2'2 of Fig. 1, minates in a chisel 11 which may be bifur- 35 Fig. 3 is a view of thehooked end of the cated as at. 12 for extracting nails, and it so ripping-bar looking at the rear side thereof, will be understood that slight chan es in the and design of the ripping-bar and the etails of Fig. 4 is a plan sectional view taken on construction may be made within the scope line 44 of Fig. 1. of the claims.

40 Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a Having fully described my invention, ripping-bar manufactured from a single What. I claim is: i piece of stock bar material of octagonal 1. A ripping-bar having a hook, and the cross-section, one end of which is formed hook having a central rib and op ositely exinto a chisel indicated at 2, and the other tending flanges at the rear side 0 the rib to 45 end is formed into a hook indicated at 3, as provide a supporting surface for the hook, in the usual construction of rippin -b ars. substantially as described. I In forming the hooked end of the or my 2. A ripping-bar :formed from a bar havripping-bar, it is common practice to bend ing an octa on lcross-section, a hook at one the octagonal bar so that a pair of its opend of the er, and the hook having a ceno posite sides as 4 and 5 form inner and outer la-a1. rib and oppositely extending flanges at no the rear side oftho rib to provido o sung ort- M161 a lomgitufiml extending groovo pressed 51mg surface for fsho hook, subsmmio describod. dosoribofl. V A 30 A ripping-T0211 having o hook, the hook Em moxtimony whereof, TL offfix my figmhaving a, control rib and oopositely oxtendltum,

ing flanges oi; the roar si e of the rib to provide a suppom'mg surface for the hook, FRANK J. VLCHEK.

y as in tho rear side of the hook, substantially as 

